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Statement on Restorative Practices
by Sharon Dear Superintendent Hutchings and Honorable School Board Members, When I spoke before the School Board last April, I emphasized disturbing data regarding the high number of…
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The expansion of policing
by Jonathan Krall The pro-bicycle, pro-walking, pro-transit, anti-car-congestion, War on Cars podcast has a really fascinating episode this week on the history of cars, and policing, in the…
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The Arc of History Will Not Bend Itself
by Jonathan Krall On the Media has done it again. I am once again amazed at their ability to address, with impressive specificity, the toxic “new normal” politics…
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Support Indigenous Peoples’ Day in Alexandria
by Opal Alexandria City Council Member Mo Seifeldein is proposing an Indigenous Peoples’ Day Resolution to replace Columbus Day in the City of Alexandria. This resolution has also…
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Alternatives to prison: an opportunity in Alexandria
by Jonathan Krall In July, Bryan Jackson and Elizabeth Jones Valderrama told us about OAR [1] programs to aid returning citizens (for Alexandria, Arlington and Falls Church) and…
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Public Statement on VA Housing Trust Fund
Response by Virginia Housing Advocates and Allies to VA Money Committees Stripping Governor’s Allocation for the Virginia Housing Trust Fund February 6, 2019 On Tuesday, the Virginia House…
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Friends and Neighbors Working Together
